Absolutely, there's almost no funding to do this kind of work and the fact
that so much of it is done for free is a testament to the character of
people like Vic, Phil, Jackie, Bryan etc.. The real cost of this kind of
work is the purchase of a copy of the software to be made accessible (no,
we're not at home to cracks), then several days (at least) of some
heavy-duty effort. Remember that the folks providing the solution are in
the same boat as you are - they can't see the interface either, so an awful
lot of time is spent systematically testing what happens if a click is
performed at any particular location. Good product documentation can help,
but it rarely discusses anything but mouse actions on pictures that we can't
see.
Best wishes.
Tim Burgess
Raised Bar Ltd
Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822
Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music technology at
http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Bryan Smart
Sent: 12 January 2011 00:29
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: A question about Caketalking
Chris, it's good of you to offer, but, it probably would take more than
that. You're looking at scripts for Melodyne, not just hot spots.
When people pay, they expect what they get to be fairly comprehensively
accessible. Accomplishing that with Melodyne would take a few days, at the
minimum. There would need to be at least a few hundred people standing by
with $10 to even break even. If I were seriously considering this work, it
would be more reasonable to expect maybe 30 people to pay $50. I wish that
sort of support was common. If people were willing and able to support work
like that, there could be many more accessible programs than there are now.
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Chris Smart
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 4:55 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: A question about Caketalking
At 01:06 PM 1/10/2011, you wrote:
i must agree with bryan on melodyne. on my recent album we used
melodyne and i haven't heard it's equal in helping to create natural
sounding vocals.
Not having any idea how long it takes to develop hotspot sets, I'll make
this offer anyway.
I'll gladly donate $10 US to whoever is willing to attempt hotspots for
Melodyne. If enough people do that, the person or persons doing the work
get some financial compensation for their time, effort, and skills.
I've already donated to Phil's efforts, and he's got his hands full.
I'm thinking that $10 is a small enough fee that most of us can afford it -
heck, any of you who smoke probably spend that on your habbit in a couple
days.
Chris
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